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Dung and nest surveys: estimating decay rates.

Published online: 04 Feb 2004

Authors: Laing, S. E. & Buckland, S. T. & Burn, R. W. & Lambie, D. & Amphlett, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

This paper describes the methods, using data on red deer (Cervus elaphus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations at the Abernethy Forest in Sc...

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Natural reseeding and Trifolium repens demography in grazed hill pastures. 1. Flowerhead appearance and fate, and seed dynamics.

Published online: 25 Oct 1988

Authors: Chapman, D. F. & Anderson, C. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The appearance and fate (removal by livestock vs. natural ripening and eventual seed deposition) of Trifolium repens flowerheads were measured for 3 y...

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Short-term effects of chemical and mechanical cover management and decomposition processes in a grassland soil.

Published online: 22 May 1971

Authors: Malone, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In a randomized plot experiment on Festuca arundinacea grassland on alluvial loam soil during 1968, plots were mowed and raked bi-weekly, mowed and sp...

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Drought resistance effects on species composition of an annual pasture in a dry monsoonal climate.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Torssell, B. W. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The drought resistance of young seedlings of Stylosanthes humilis and Digitaria ciliaris was investigated in the field at Katherine, Northern Territor...

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Plant population structure and aphid parasitism: changes in barley monocultures and mixtures.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Windle, P. N. & Franz, E. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Two cultivars of barley, one resistant and one susceptible to aphids, were grown in pots in mono- or mixed culture in the laboratory, and either infes...

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Effects of seeding density and spatial distribution of oat plants on colonization and development of Oscinella frit (Diptera: Chloropidae).

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: Adesiyun, A. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Field and laboratory trials were conducted in southern England to study the effects of seeding density and row spacing of oats on colonisation of seed...

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Survival of perennial grass seedlings under intensive grazing in semi-arid rangelands.

Published online: 25 Aug 1987

Authors: Salihi, D. O. & Norton, B. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The hypothesis that intensive grazing practices, such as short-duration grazing, benefit seedling survival through hoof action of the trampling animal...

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Distribution, longevity and survival of upland hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) scrub in North Wales in relation to sheep grazing.

Published online: 20 Jul 1990

Authors: Good, J. E. G. & Bryant, R. & Carlill, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Hawthorn scrub in an upland area (>150 m alt.) of North Wales was surveyed, and at three typical study sites, hawthorn occurrence was studied in re...

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A physiological and mathematical study of the growth and productivity of a Calluna-Sphagnum community. 2. Light interception and photosynthesis in Calluna.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Grace, J. & Woolhouse, H. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Light interception by a reconstructed canopy of Calluna vulgaris was recalculated on the basis of total skylight and equations developed to estimate i...

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Experiments on the effects of fertilizer and rabbit grazing treatments upon the vegetation of a limestone quarry floor.

Published online: 06 Jan 1994

Authors: Davis, B. N. K. & Lakhani, K. H. & Brown, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Vegetation colonization in Clipsham Old Quarry, near the Leicestershire/Lincolnshire border, was studied in 1980-84. Quarrying finished about 40 years...

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